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The water supply oi \\ icjuia eouies iroiii eyiiiiucrs ^uiuv lony icei ncrhf; 
r tlie ]?io' Arlcausas i-iver. The water flows through a deep body of ffra- 

provithng a su])ply of unusual ]> 
the water from the eylmacr ' 'lere it i 

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1 facilities of Wichita are compl 
iiikUng costing .'p200,0()0, is at the head of the public .seiiwol system. I'neiid 

\ ersity, Fairniou"' '^""1' " -'"d Mt. Calomel Acad^-mx- <Miver the ^'''I'l "f In'oli. 

cation. The mn Friends University -'6,),00(). 

'. ' learance, in the class of retail and wholesale business build- 
ings and puiiiK- sum Hires, such as the city hall. - ^ i...:ii: i ...i. ,,,i. 

Wichita gives tlie impression of a city twice the ]■ 

ininal Station, with the elevation of railway tracks 
grtatiy to mis icciiug. xiiis terminal work cost two and onr ' "' "' ' " 
was completed carlv in "1914!. 

In this 1 istrations of the new Passenger Tei-minal. of the business q^^d 

residence sectioji.s (jt tl ' ^ of some of ' ' ' '"c buildings — 

thf \\tii)l(' .-i tnic olftiir ' the most .-: -"diilliwr'st. 




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1 erminal Station 



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Stati Jtt lung, 125 feet wiae a eet high. 

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Ladies' Retiring Room, ^iVickita Union 
1 erminal Station 



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id there are wash and toilet 

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minal Station, nV^ icnita, ICansas 

' ^^1 \'ICHITA\S nion Terminal Station, constructed 

^Jl/ of Colorado limest 1 concrete, with terra cotta 

chitecturaliy on strong, dignified lines, with 

Uic pleasing' " ' 'Renaissance. The main building 

fronts a ■ ^ e, the city's main tlioroughfare, 

iiing ti V entrance to the heart of the '"'^ 

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Union Stock Yards, Wichita 

«L ^j VICHITA has two larfje packinpf houses with a capacity 

^3|y of 6.000 animals a pts at the 

Ttock Yards reach one million a year. Wichita 

oked ui I logical p' md stock- 

l)ecause it is k> 

tern cattle <^' ' it lias tlit 

iation lines reachi: j,rcai s 

i wcive hundred men are e I ^•■- •"•"■'-.in^ ,,>.,.,.^,-, .....^ <. 

'"* in the stockyards. It ' OOO n<rsmis m-e di - 

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Wickita as a milling Center 

**r'^'fVXSAS has soil and climate ■neciiliarlv adaij 
Wj k ing of Red TnH: 

million acre^^ 
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Y. M. C. A. BuiUmg, ^Vicll;ta 



/ ^ •' HE home of the Y. M. C. A., Wichita, was built in 1907 
M ^% at a cost of $110,000. With three stories and basement it 
contains forty-five sleepi uli- 

torium seats 700 and the ,l T8 feet, contains a 32- 

lap running track. In adaiiiun lo rae usuai tub and shower batlis, 
the building has a swimming pool, f*'0 1a "lU feet, lined with tile and 



(f^rnduating in depth from three t( 

hat it ! used as a roof 

tirst: meeting to organize a Y. M. < 

The money for t' ^ buildhi 

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Wichita was held lu 1885. 

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A Public Sckool Jjuilding, WicKita 

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Boat House. Arkansas River, XVicnita 



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ui AVichita and th?*^ 
Through a large portion of tl 
offer"? ccood rowing and in tht 
iistration shows a bo; 



^uciated witli a Kansas 
creation is a popular one 
nost pleasant conditions. 
Arkansas river at Wicliitn 
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Glimpse of a Public Park, NV..icnita 

f ^ ^ HE commission form of government has been adopted by 

^^ Wichita, and one of i commissioners is in charge of 

; and public woi e park system is composed of 

nine parks, with shaded la' and winding streams. River- 

side Park is the largest, a\ ^^' 140 acres, and contains a 






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A Bridge Spanning tke Arkansas River, 

W' icnita 

IN the constructi a-ks and buildings Wichita 

has plac " rood ex; ' " ' ' '' 

' luuiiu III me rciiixorreu concrete iniugc erdssin^ lii^ 
Aiiviuiscts iviver, of g^--^ 1.— .+v in design, it is built to with?*^-" 
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A Residence Street, AA'icnita 

IT has been suiu ui \'> iciiiia uiixz iib lumcii maiie ii a cuy :] 
genuine contentn'""+ ^<^- people are, as a rule, home- 
owners. The il - nne of the newer residence 
treets and shows the s lines now most in vogue in 
he domestic architectui jme of the older residence 
sections, wh< trees have had time for growth, the strec 

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Postoffice and Federal Building,, W^icmta 

^^TV ORE than 200 persons ■. d in the Wichita x>' 

\RJ office, including the railwa}' mail 

headquarters here. In t ecejpo 

Wichita postoffice have more than dunui^'.i. ^nc entire thuv 
"f the building is equiTi'"=-'1 ^or the use of the Unit''il Sinti-^ fmn-K 
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Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, AA^ickita 

/y* "HE first lodge of Masons was established in Wichita in 
^^ 1870 and the first Scottish Rite body was mstituted in 
1887. The order now has about 3,000 members and occu- 
pies what .is, perhaps, the finest Scottish Rite Temple in the United 
States. The structure is of sohd stone, four stories in height and 
"^'"upies one of the most important corners in the city. It is owpfl 
occupied solely by the Scottish Rite Masons of Wichita. 








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Xne New Travelers Hotel, vV^ickita 



ITIT tl liotel facilities now posses- . Wichita, 

a own as the Travelers, is under 

It wil steel, terra 

rs a space 125 bj' 140 feet 

tion. 'J i otel is to cost $500,000.00 and 

200 rooms. 1 inanced bv residents of Wichita. 




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Eastern Star. 



lutiful lawn and \ 
Wichita. It is bu; 

idge of ill 1896. 

y tne wraer of the Easicni Star, and 

If lifinif u;^>^ siiDnhcd by this order. 

^ and children and 

eligible to the bei 

lained by a per capita tax on the ineinbers 

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The Central Station Company, xV icnita 
Fire Department 




■ Y* IVE station houses comprise the Wichita Fire Depart- 
»^ \ ment, all eonnectt signal system, with the central 

station. The o of \^^ichita's fire protection is best 

shown by the fact that the city has never suffered what might be 
termed a disastrous fire loss. Under the commission form of gov- 
ernment the mayor has supervision of police and fire departments 
nd the prevailing policy is to supr^- '*^ radually the horse drawn 
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City LiDrary, Vv ickita 

/> ^* " HEi City I Wichita, erects 

^ \^ located on tioulli Mam Street and Hamilton I'ai k. Tlic 

dressed Bedford stone, and the interior is 
fitted wui) Hit niu->i. modern library appliances. The building cost 
$75,000. The library ponf-ilxc i>i,nv. fl>.>n 10,000 volumes and is 
under citv control. 





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Mount Carmel Academy, Wicnita 

IN institutions for higher education Wichita is unusually well 
equipped, havii ducational colleges and it is 

also the seat of Mt. Carmel xVcai' high grade school 

for young ladies. In addition to the i aic courses, depart- 

ments of music, art and elocution are inumtained. Students are 
drawn frorr ^^ isas, Oklahoma, New ^"^ " and Texas. The 
academy wa., v.j^.^ued in 1887 by five Sistci.^ «-, Charity. Additions 
were built in 1900 and again in 1906. Tlip hiiildings are heated 
with hot water and every room is so situ;: i o receive sunshine. 



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Four Churches, ^iVickita 

/■ J^ ' HE illustrations show four of the more impressive church 
^ J structures of Wichita. In the upper left corner 

First Presbyterian; opposite, the Roman Cathi k 

dral. In the lower left corner is St. Paul's Methodist l<^pii>copal 
Church, and opposite the First Baptist Church. Wichita has been 
the seat of the Catholic diocese of Wichita for more than a quarter 
entnrv. The P.-itlipflral \v,t^ (\t'(\\i-n\t-A in 1912. 




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